Every star has that certain something that stands out and compels us to notice them.
Don't pursue something because you 'want to be great.' Pursue something because it fascinates you, because the pursuit itself engages and compels you.
Most other competitions are individual achievements, but the Olympic Games is something that belongs to everybody.
I listen to a lot of music. One of my favorite songs is 'Final Song' by M. It's something that I listen to before a lot of competitions.
I'm kind of a complainer, but not about getting old. I complain about, you know, something that can be fixed.
Mind-body medicine should not be an 'alternative,' nor should complementary and integrative medicine be something doctors are not exposed to during their training.
A compliment is something like a kiss through a veil.
If anybody calls me a female Quincy Jones, that's way, way complimentary. That's something I'll cherish for life.
There is nothing greater than the joy of composing something oneself and then listening to it.
Everyone has a different colour as an actor. And the composite of all those colours hopefully creates something that's fun to watch.
If you have an embarrassing story, and it's a source of shame, keeping it in just compounds the shame and turns the story into something poisonous. And if someone knows about it, then it can be used against you.
In order to produce the satisfaction of comprehension, there first needs to be the process of comprehension. Furthermore, the overarching idea at hand needs to be something that is actually comprehensible.
When you take something extremely broad, then it is not a work of expansion or work of compression. It's hard because you have to decide what to throw out.
I'm not a compulsive writer. I wish I could be compulsive about something. I have no regular writing routine.
The critical thing in developing software is not the program, it's the design. It is translating understanding of user needs into something that can be realized as a computer program.
The first step towards vice is to shroud innocent actions in mystery, and whoever likes to conceal something sooner or later has reason to conceal it.
Very notable was his distinction between coarseness and vulgarity, coarseness, revealing something; vulgarity, concealing something.
Faith means belief in something concerning which doubt is theoretically possible.
It is a virtual reflex for governments to plead security concerns when they undertake any controversial action, often as a pretext for something else.
On my 50th birthday in 2005, my discount-wielding AARP card came in the mail. I hurled it in the trash, put on something fabulous, and had a decadent meal. Just the thought of putting it in my wallet felt like a concession.
